PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The jury has begun to deliberate in the Sean Grayson murder trial.
The panel of 12 went out at about 11:40 a.m. And now it’s a waiting game for both the Grayson family as well as the family of Sonya Massey who was shot and killed by Grayson on July 6, 2024.
Closing arguments took about 2 hours and 15 minutes after which the judge has begun reading instructions to the jury.
Jurors will also have the ability to consider a lesser charge of second-degree murder, which carries a possible prison term of four to 20 years behind bars. Probation is also an option.
First-degree murder has a sentencing range of 20 to 60 years behind bars and if jurors find Grayson pulled the trigger — a factor that a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case requires juries to find — an additional 25 years to life is automatically added onto the range.
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